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Are there medical treatments for hearing loss?
Tuesday, November 4th 2008
Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common hearing loss type and typically cannot be medically treated. Conductive hearing loss, caused by ear wax, middle ear infections, or other disorders, is often temporary and sometimes treatable with medical intervention.
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Why is it I seem to hear better when I wear my glasses?
Monday, September 22nd 2008
This is a typical comment from people with hearing loss. Hearing loss acts like a filter, filtering out certain sounds. Often, consonants are most affected. So if you have a...
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Options for Profoundly Deaf Children
Monday, February 20th 2006
I would like to ask if a pediatric patient with a profound sensorinueral hearing loss would still have any chance of improving his hearing with the use of hearing aids? The patient in question is 5 years old.
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Military Career Options for Hearing Impaired Individuals
Monday, January 30th 2006
I am very interested in joining the military. Since I was a kid, I have had my heart set on joining the Army Rangers. I now realize that it is impossible with any hearing loss at all (or is it?) What are my career options in the army?
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Does My Husband Need More Powerful Hearing Aids?
Monday, December 26th 2005
My husband has hearing loss in both ears, the left more so than the right. He has had hearing aids for at least 4 years which seemed to help more at first but now it seems like he is having to turn them up more often to the point where one of them is beep
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Delaying Amplification After Hearing Loss is Diagnosed
Monday, October 24th 2005
If a person delays being fitted with hearing aids after being diagnosed with a hearing loss sufficient to require them, what negative effect could that have on the person's ability to hear as time goes by? Will replacement of hearing aids every 10 to 20 y
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What is the latest on hair cell regeneration to cure hearing loss?
Monday, October 17th 2005
Restoration of inner ear hair cells damaged lost through disease, toxins or inherited problems is currently impossible in humans. However, studies in non-human animals show several areas of promise for treatment of hearing or vestibular loss.
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I Have Almost No Hearing in the High Tones-- Can Hearing Aids Help?
Monday, September 19th 2005
I have had several sets of hearing aids--some costing over $2000.00 each. My major problem is that I have what is called Pilot's Ear. I can hear low tones fine, but above a certain octave my hearing goes to near -0-. None of the hearing aids I have had c
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Causes of Fungal Infection in the EAC
Monday, January 5th 2004
I have a client who has worn an ITE for many years. He recently obtained a new one and shortly after developed a fungal infection in his ear which he attributes to the device. What are the common causes of fungal infection in the ear and how does a hear
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Treatment for a 5-yr. old with CAPD
Monday, January 20th 2003
I have a 5 year old daughter, just diagnosed with CAPD. The audiologist started to do therapy on her only three times, he then said she wasn't ready for therapy? I asked why and he said we should be further in progress that where we were, doing sounds.
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Steroid Treatment for Hearing Loss
Monday, January 13th 2003
Please explain the rationale behind using steroid treatments to treat hearing loss. Additionally, which types and degrees of hearing loss are most amenable to steroid treatment, and how soon after the onset of hearing loss must they be used for maximal ef
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Audition and Interior Decorating
Monday, October 14th 2002
I would like to know if there are some tips on furniture arrangement of a living/family room to promote better hearing for someone that has a moderate conductive hearing loss.
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Hearing, Hearing Loss and Spouses
Monday, May 20th 2002
Would you please discuss the influence of the spouse (or significant other) regarding seeking solutions for hearing loss, hearing aid sales, and successful AR with amplification?
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Managing Unilateral Hearing Loss
Monday, March 4th 2002
A doctor recently told us that our 10 year old daughter has 70-80% hearing loss in one of her ears. He said this could have been there since birth. Has anyone found any treatment that can help inner ear problems? He says there is no treatment, and that no
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Aural Rehab with a Hearing Impaired Teenager
Monday, January 21st 2002
What aural rehab recommendations would you suggest for a 14 year old whose audiogram revealed a low frequency sensorineural hearing loss in the left ear with excellent speech discrimination ability, and a severe sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear
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Management of Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Monday, January 14th 2002
What are the recent developments in the management of noise-induced hearing loss?
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I Have Almost No Hearing in the High Tones, Can Hearing Aids Help?
Tuesday, September 19th 1995
I Have Almost No Hearing in the High Tones, Can Hearing Aids Help?
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